Articles Tagged: Waukee Northwest High School

The Iowa City Liberty football team put together three 80-yard scoring drives, had more than a two-to-one advantage in time of possession and beat Waukee Northwest, 31-15, in a Friday night Class 5A Iowa playoff football semifinal. Liberty is the first school not from a Des Moines suburban school to make it to a biggest-school class championship game since 2018.

See photos as the Iowa City Liberty Lightning took on the Waukee Northwest Wolves in a Class 5A Iowa high school football state championships semifinal.

State volleyball, 5A final: Waukee Northwest finishes the season with 21 straight match wins, all by sweep, and return their nucleus for 2026.

Live updates Thursday from championship matches at the 2025 state volleyball tournament at Xtream Arena, Coralville.

State volleyball, 5A semifinal: ‘Dream team’ Waukee Northwest sweeps Ankeny, advances to its third straight championship match.

Photos Waukee Northwest vs. Ankeny from the Iowa High School State Volleyball tournament at Xtream Arena Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Wolves use large and loud Indian crowd to motivate them to 3-0 win in state quarterfinals

The Wolves swept the Indians 25-17, 25-16 and 25-12

Live updates Monday from the 2025 state volleyball tournament at Xtream Arena, Coralville.

The hay is in the barn and all classes have reached the postseason. See what Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash have to say about high school football in our last 4 Downs.

High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 5 poll. Waukee Northwest, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Clear Lake and Carroll Kuemper are unanimous No. 1 teams in 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A.

Waukee Northwest scored on its first two offensive drives and went on to beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 45-10, Friday night at John Wall Field. Northwest is Class 5A’s top-ranked football team.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 4 games to watch. 5A No. 2 Liberty faces a challenge at No. 8 Johnston; Prairie welcomes No. 1 Waukee Northwest.

The Gazette’s Iowa high school football and contributors bloviate on the world of high school football. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash ground they cover in 4 Downs.

The 16-team playoff field in Class 5A Iowa high school football is determined solely by RPI. Here is how the top 20 teams stand through Week 3 determined by our unofficial calculations.